Assistant Nurse Manager: Operating Room

North Memorial Health Career Portal • Robbinsdale, MN

3d • Onsite

About The Position

The Assistant Nurse Manager (ANM) supports the planning, coordination, and oversight of clinical and operational activities within the Operating Room. The role helps ensure safe, high-quality, evidence-based patient care while advancing operational efficiency, staff engagement, and financial stewardship. In partnership with the Nurse Manager, the ANM provides day-to-day leadership of the perioperative team and assumes full operational responsibility when the Nurse Manager is absent.

The position leads onboarding and orientation from hire through completion, develops individualized orientation plans, monitors progress against milestones, coordinates preceptors, and facilitates competency validation and annual education. The ANM identifies learning or performance gaps and coordinates interventions with the Nurse Manager, supports education on new procedures, equipment, technology, policies, and practice changes, and partners with clinical experts to identify educational needs. The role also provides visible frontline leadership and clinical support, supports retention through consistent onboarding and transition-to-practice experiences, maintains education metrics, and supports education and competency in other procedural areas in partnership with PPDE.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing or a related field; experience may substitute for part of preferred educational qualifications as appropriate.
• Minimum of 3 years of Operating Room nursing experience.
• Current Minnesota RN license.
• BLS certification required; advanced certifications such as ACLS as applicable to the perioperative setting.
• Clinical expertise in perioperative practice.
• Strong decision-making, problem-solving, and prioritization skills.
• Knowledge of regulatory and accreditation standards.
• Skills in staff engagement, coaching, and performance management.
• Team-building and conflict-resolution skills.
• Ability to influence and collaborate across disciplines.
• Understanding of financial drivers, productivity, and operational metrics.
• Ability to translate strategy into operational execution.
• Continuous improvement mindset.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills and ability to communicate effectively with staff, physicians, and leadership.
• Ability to read, write, and speak effectively in English.

Nice To Haves

• Prior leadership or supervisory experience.

Responsibilities

• Support planning, coordination, and oversight of Operating Room clinical and operational activities.
• Help ensure safe, high-quality, evidence-based patient care, operational efficiency, staff engagement, and financial stewardship.
• Provide day-to-day leadership of the perioperative team with the Nurse Manager and assume full operational responsibility in the manager’s absence.
• Lead staff onboarding and orientation from initial hire through completion.
• Develop individualized orientation plans and monitor progression toward established milestones.
• Coordinate and support preceptors, including preceptor development and expectations.
• Maintain and facilitate competency validation and annual education requirements.
• Identify learning or performance gaps during orientation and coordinate timely interventions with the Nurse Manager.
• Support education related to new procedures, equipment, technology, policies, and practice changes.
• Partner with surgeons, anesthesia, SPD, nursing leadership, and other clinical experts to identify educational needs.
• Provide visible frontline leadership and clinical support during periods of operational need.
• Support retention by improving consistency of onboarding and the transition-to-practice experience.
• Maintain education metrics, including orientation progression, competency completion, preceptor capacity, and educational needs.
• Support education and competency in other procedural areas, including L&D, APU, and IR, and partner closely with PPDE.
• Maintain quality, safety, and infection control standards.

Benefits

• Health and welfare benefit packages, including health insurance plans based on work group eligibility.
• 401(k) retirement match or pension plan, based on work group eligibility.
• Paid time off plans.
• Adoption reimbursement up to $3,000 per child.
• Child care discount program with New Horizon: 10% off weekly childcare tuition.
• Education and tuition reimbursement.
• 24/7 fitness center access for benefit-eligible team members.
• Eligibility for the Public Student Loan Forgiveness program.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager